Act 5- The fall of Denmark

The end has come. Fortinbras has prevailed in power, while the Denmark leaders have fallen one by one. I am currently in the Elsinore Castle. It began with a duel, in which I did warn dear Hamlet to not go along with, but him and Laertes battled to death. Claudius and Laertes’s scheme to kill Hamlet did not go as planned. They seemed to have dug a whole for themselves, as well as the queen’s. Nevertheless their plan was successful since my dear friend, Hamlet is dead. Oh- what an image! How I saw my long-time companion on the floor, covered in blood, lifeless, without a breath left to breathe. Now tragedy was creeping into my life. I shared so many years with this intellectual in university, shared my ideas with him in philosophy, mathematics and other subjects. And I was ready to share his pain, his despair to show this gratefulness. I was to drink the poisoned wine left in the glass, but Hamlet refused to let me do it. Oh, what a good soul he had! His dying wish was for me to live on and tell his story. And I was ready to live up to his orders. Hamlet also specifically stated that Fortinbras is to gain control over Denmark. And so, that was how Fortinbras prevailed in power, through the dying wish of Hamlet.